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Breaking news: Obama administration collapses on wild lands protection

Jun 1st, 2011 Written by suwa

Today, the Obama administration capitulated to a handful of western anti-wilderness politicians by abandoning its 5-month-old Wild Lands policy. This surrender could seriously harm our efforts to protect Utah’s red rock wilderness.

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Contact Sec. Salazar today and ask him to stand firm on Wild Lands policy

May 27th, 2011 Written by suwa

Please add your voice to those of 44 congressional representatives by calling or emailing Secretary Salazar today to tell him that you support the Wild Lands policy and that he should stand firm in the face of those who use intimidation tactics and bare-knuckled politics to deprive current and future...

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Ask the BLM to protect wilderness in southwestern Utah

May 19th, 2011 Written by suwa

BLM is currently accepting public comment on the Cottonwood Canyon and Red Mountain Wilderness Management Plan. You can help shape the future management of these pristine wilderness areas.

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Help “Wild Lands” not get axed in the 2012 budget

May 18th, 2011 Written by suwa

Ask your Representative to urge President Obama to support funding a policy in next year’s budget that has the potential to protect millions of acres of redrock wilderness!

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Last chance to ask your Congress members to be original redrock bill cosponsors

May 9th, 2011 Written by suwa

In a few days, Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) will reintroduce America's Red Rock Wilderness Act in the 112th Congress.

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This week, Sen. Lee took a major step toward overt This week, Sen. Lee took a major step toward overturning the Bears Ears Monument Management Plan by adding a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) opinion to the Congressional Record.

Under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), this opens the door for Congress to introduce a resolution of disapproval, which we anticipate will happen soon. If passed by a simple majority in both the House and Senate and signed by the President, the Bears Ears Management Plan would be undone.

The plan lays out how the monument will be managed for wildlife, outdoor recreation, dark skies, grazing, and other uses. Not to mention it would unravel years of collaboration between Tribal Nations and federal agencies while preventing a similar plan from being created in the future.

The move comes just days after 16 new mining claims were filed within Bears Ears National Monument.

For more info, visit link in bio.
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The Forest Service is rewriting its longstanding T The Forest Service is rewriting its longstanding Travel Management Rule, which determines where off-road vehicles can travel across national forests and grasslands. The proposal prioritizes ORV use at the expense of all other uses, including the protection of wildlife, cultural sites, healthy streams, and the solitude of wild places. 

❗Submit a comment NOW at link in bio.❗

There are already hundreds of thousands of miles of Forest Service roads nationwide,  facing a $9 billion maintenance backlog. Both the proposed Travel Management Rule change and the proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule (alert from earlier this week) are part of the administration’s systematic dismantling of the rules and safeguards that keep national forests healthy and safe for the benefit of all. #protectwildutah
16 new mining claims have been filed on previously 16 new mining claims have been filed on previously protected land in Bears Ears National Monument. These lands became subject to mining claims on Friday, September 11th—60 days after President Trump decimated Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. All 16 claims were recorded on September 11th by noon. 

For more info on the mining claims, visit our full statement at link in @protectwildutah's bio.
The Trump administration continues its attacks on The Trump administration continues its attacks on public lands in its latest push to rescind the Roadless Rule, one of the country’s most important legal safeguards for undeveloped national forests. 🌲

✍ COMMENT NOW and tell the Forest Service to protect our nation’s wild forests by keeping the Roadless Rule intact! (link in bio or visit suwa.org)

Utah does not need more roads. National forests already contain hundreds of thousands of miles of roads nationwide, and there’s a multibillion-dollar maintenance backlog for these existing roads. This proposal is really about opening public lands to more industrial development, extraction, and privatization. 

Comment deadline is Tuesday, October 6.
Recent polling shows Utah voters overwhelmingly su Recent polling shows Utah voters overwhelmingly support restoring protections to all of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

Additionally, voters across political parties support a strong role for Native American Tribes in managing public lands containing sacred or culturally significant sites.

See the results at link in bio.
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